benefit
Usage
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Benefit refers to anything that promotes the welfare or improves the state of a person or group: a benefit to society. Advantage refers to anything that places one in an improved position, especially in coping with competition or difficulties: It is to one's advantage to have traveled widely. Profit refers to any valuable, useful, or helpful gain: to one’s intellectual profit.
Example Sentences
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According to prosecutors, Rush, while employed by the CIA, created a fictitious classified program to obtain government funds and then used them for his personal benefit.
From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026
A 2022 study in Nature found evidence that a ketogenic diet could protect against colon cancer and proposed that BHB, the most abundant ketone body, played a central role in that benefit.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026
Sunrise also hopes to benefit from a dearth of new senior housing supply, which was limited until recently by the difficult pandemic years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
“I think there’s a scenario where people would actually benefit from having this a couple times a year, if not more,” said Mishra, noting the value of regular checks of body composition and cardiometabolic biomarkers.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026
A monster in the shape of a girl who had wanted so badly to fly she’d nearly tried it without the benefit of wings.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
Most Americans want the shared benefits of AI but would prefer that others bear the local costs of data centers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
New research from BYU suggests it may also offer benefits for marriage, particularly when spouses are active together.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026
The Welsh government also plans a five-year programme of changes to deliver "shorter-term benefits", including "a delivery plan to improve how the motorway is operated and managed".
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
The manager urged focusing instead on companies that can use AI technology, as costs will likely come down over time, leading to benefits for companies implementing it.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026
“The benefits of alternate reality deserve to be given to all. The bulk of our profit comes from the worlds themselves, not the hardware.”
From "Warcross" by Marie Lu
Stabilizing Treasurys also benefited from their safe-haven status amid stress in European bonds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
But only 35 percent considered it benefited Venezuela, compared to 28 percent who said it harmed the Caribbean country.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
The company has increasingly benefited from a “flight to quality” dynamic, according to StoneX analyst Yi Fu Lee.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026
It is impossible to know exactly to what extent City benefited on the field from their rule breaches.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
The rise in real estate values has, of course, benefited many of the old-timers.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
The S&P 500 and Nasdaq composite reached new closing records on Tuesday, driven by a small group of tech companies benefiting from the AI trade.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
The state’s aerospace industry is further benefiting from increased commercial aircraft production, defense purchases, space exploration and satellite production, it said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
There’s no question that Micron Technology is benefiting from robust artificial-intelligence spending.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026
One billion people — mostly English speakers — are benefiting from improving AI systems, while another 7 billion are largely left behind, the report said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
So have the early researchers, like Dr. Strayer, who were often sailing against headwinds generated by the corporations and profiteers benefiting from connected drivers.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
Bitcoin has, along with gold and silver, also benefitted from the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Along with other industrial firms such as France's Schneider Electric and Switzerland's ABB, Siemens has benefitted from demand for data centres that provide the computing power for AI.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
He said teams had benefitted from low wind and light rain earlier on Saturday.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
In the new era of revenue sharing, particularly because of NIL rights, student athletes have benefitted.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
Washington did not think his slaves “would be benefitted by the change,” he wrote to his personal secretary.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
Given the current economic backdrop, the office recommends quality companies and industries benefitting from the current artificial-intelligence cycle.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026
Accelerating demand for traditional and AI servers, as well as storage and networking equipment, is benefitting both Dell and HPE, Mulberry said in emailed comments.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026
Appears to be benefitting from a run of games with the same back four.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
Chacin said the expanded police presence could help stem violence, but that tackling organized crime required, above all, following the money -- investigating how the proceeds are laundered and who is benefitting most.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
He is exceedingly anxious to know where I am, though without the smallest intention of benefitting me.
From The Mystery of the Four Fingers by Fred M. (Fred Merrick) White
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